Nigeria’s Dangote refinery, Africa’s largest, is stepping into a critical role as fuel and fertiliser shortages ripple across the continent amid disruptions linked to the Iran war.
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Trump warned a "whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz, adding, however, "maybe something ... wonderful could happen, who knows." Meanwhile, strikes were reported on Kharg Island.
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Kuomintang's chairwoman Cheng Li-wun hopes to meet Xi Jinping during her visit to China. Her goal, she said, is to "to preserve peace is to preserve Taiwan."
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Supporters say modular reactors are key to meeting energy goals, but critics say they're a costly distraction.
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[ACSS] Increasingly capable and organized militant Islamist groups in the Sahel, Somalia, and the Lake Chad Basin continue to expand their reach and lethality.
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As the US-Iran conflict enters its 38th day, the standoff remains deadlocked between military escalation and diplomatic efforts.
[The Conversation Africa] Fences are among conservation's most controversial interventions.
Egypt has released a well-known activist and leading member of the pro-democracy 'April 6th' rights movement that helped to prompt the nation’s uprising in 2011, Sherif Al-Rouby.
Burkina Faso's government has denounced a report alleging that more than 1,800 civilians have been killed since the junta seized power three years ago as 'false'. The report was published by Human Rights Watch and based on open source information.
In tonight's edition: Dozens of people have been killed in multiple attacks in Nigeria over the Easter weekend. Also, disruption to shipping routes linked to the Iran war has left about 8 million kilograms of tea stuck in warehouses in Kenya. And in the DRC, tens of thousands of jubilant fans welcomed their football team as heroes after they qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 52 years.
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The DRC said it would "temporarily" receive migrants from the US, becoming the latest African nation to agree to do so.